A Westwego man accused of stealing lawn ornaments from Jefferson Parish homes and reselling them at local flea markets is now facing additional theft charges in the case. Harahan and Kenner police say Todd Sumrall, 43, swiped benches and bird baths as well as statues of lions, elephants and angels -- yard decorations that cost their owners between $200 and $400 each, police said.

Investigators first arrested Sumrall in August after a 79-year-old Harahan woman visited Jefferson Flea Market, 2134 Airline Drive in Kenner, and spotted several statues that had been taken from her yard. A vendor at the flea market told Kenner police detectives that he had bought about 42 statues from a man he knew only as Todd during a two-week period in August, said Sgt. Brian McGregor, spokesman for the Kenner Police Department.

It was not clear how the man explained his vast inventory. On Aug. 14, detectives were at the flea market conducting their investigation when Sumrall showed up to peddle a few more statues, McGregor said.

The vendor identified him and Sumrall was taken into custody. A search of Sumrall's vehicle turned up several more lawn ornaments which investigators later discovered were stolen in Harahan and other parts of Jefferson Parish, McGregor said.

"He drove around and stole these things out of front yards," said Harahan Police Chief Mac Dickinson, whose officers have identified at least four Harahan victims. Police booked Sumrall on Aug. 15 with four counts of theft and two counts of possession of stolen property, according to arrest records.

Kenner police turned the recovered statues over to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. But since then, they've been able to identify additional victims, leading to Sumrall's re-arrest on Wednesday, McGregor said.

Sumrall, of 530 Avenue D, Westwego, was rebooked with three counts of theft and two counts of possession of stolen property, arrest reports said. Bond on the charges related to the thefts was set at $2,500. But Sumrall was still being held without bond Thursday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on three municipal traffic attachments and on two counts of being a fugitive from another jurisdiction.

McGregor said the case is still under investigation and more charges are possible.